Arts & Culture

This week June 9-15 is bike week here in Winnipeg. It is a week when Winnipeggers are encouraged to get out, have fun, and explore the city on two wheels. 

In honour of this marvellous initiative, we here at Classic 107 thought it would be fun to explore composers and their relationship with their bikes. A surprising number of composers kept fit and active on their bicycles whether it be biking to rehearsals, other commitments, or just simply for fun and exploring. 

All week we here at Classic 107 have been highlighting performers who have been taking part in the Agassiz Chamber Music Festival. 

One of the remarkable and informative presentations that has been happening as part of the Agassiz Festival is a production called Sounding Thunder: The Song of Francis Pegahmagabow.  

It’s starting to look and feel a lot more summery out there in Winnipeg.

Whether it’s in anticipation of days spent at the beach or curled up indoors on the couch, a new book is always a good idea for the warmer months. 

Thankfully, on the first Friday of June, Chris Hall of McNally Robinson Booksellers returned to the Classic 107 studio with his latest picks in "What to Read!"

Tomorrow afternoon, June 7th at CMU’s Laudamus Auditorium, the Agassiz Chamber music festival will be featuring the renowned Danish ensemble The Rudersdal Chamber Players. 

The group will be playing a double bill concert, with the first concert starting at 1:00pm and the second concert starting at 2:15. Featuring music by Melanie Bonis, Amanda Maier, Beethoven and others, these two concerts are going to be a terrific way to spend a Friday afternoon here in Winnipeg. 

Brought together by their love of song and passion for culture, Musica Singers end their debut season on a high note.  

Coinciding with Filipino Heritage Month, “An Evening of Songs from the Philippines” features the choir plus a number of special guests performing traditional songs by celebrated contemporary and past composers.  

“This concert is something like an anthology of songs from the Philippines,” says Oscar Pantaleon.  

All this week one of the real highlights of the early summer has been happening here in Winnipeg. The Agassiz Chamber Music Festival is now on. It has been offering the best chamber music performed by some of the best musicians on the scene today. 

The Agassiz Chamber Music Festival presents an outpouring of artistry as superb local and international players come together to collaborate on great chamber music. 

One of this year’s return performers is violist David Harding, who has been no stranger to the festival over the years.  

“I think I did the first festival in 2000,” says Harding, who returns to town for the first time in the post-pandemic years.  

The Agassiz Chamber Music Festival features brilliant local and renowned international musicians in a weeklong celebration of music-making.  

This year, they welcome the award-winning Swiss Piano Trio as one of the distinguished special guests.  

Since 2010 Winnipeg’s Cluster festival has been engaging, and entertaining Winnipegger's in thoughtful and ground-breaking presentations of integrated arts that make use of dance, sound exploration, art and video all fused together.  

Featuring artists of today’s generation, the festival, which happens at a variety of venues around Winnipeg, displays the new vistas that artists are exploring, all the while encouraging audience members to think, live and feel their surroundings. 

On Sunday evening, the Agassiz Chamber Music Festival kicked off their 2024 offering. 

Dubbed “Sounds in the Key of Spring,” the festival features a plethora of local and international players, exploring a wide array of chamber music in its various guises, combinations and permutations.